menarquia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Menarche, from Ancient Greek μηνός (mēnós, “month”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”) + Spanish -ia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meˈnaɾkja/ [meˈnaɾ.kja]
Rhymes: -aɾkja
Syllabification: me‧nar‧quia

Noun

menarquia f (uncountable)

menarche
Antonym: menopausia

Derived terms

manárquico

Further reading

“menarquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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